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Book review: The Little Guide to Mastering Your Sewing Machine

This book is totally adorable!  Have you been wanting to once and for all become one with your sewing machine?  Are you tired of being intimidated?  Well, Sylvie Blondeau has the remedy for your fears in her new book,  The Little Guide to Mastering Your Sewing Machine: All the Sewing Basics, Plus 15 Step-by-Step Projects ,  published by Schiffer Publishing . Spiral bound at the top and with a fold-out easel style bottom, this cheerful and informative book will sit right alongside you while you learn to use your machine with confidence.  Not only will it teach you the parts and how to set it up, but also how to sew straight, master different stitches, and even sew in a zipper...painlessly!  But that's not all... Flip the book over, and there are 15 sweet projects to guide you through using all your new skills.  Because everyone knows, if you don't use new techniques pretty quickly, you don't truly own them.  The projects include a reversible hat, cushions, curtains,

Recent mixed media jewelry pieces

Metal Mesh Ribbon Necklace For those of you who love to make wearables, I've got some jewelry tutorials to catch you up on!  The links will take you directly to the tutorials over on Beading Arts .  For older pieces, make sure you check out the Tab at the top of this page marked Wearable Art . Cloth + Sparkle Bracelet Cloth + Sparkle bracelet Chocolate bag bracelet Shibori wild rose necklace Metal mesh ribbon necklace Shamballa ribbon bracelet Purple pleated silk shibori bracelet Copper + turquoise necklace All Buttoned Up pin Copyright 2016 Cyndi Lavin. All rights reserved. Not to be reprinted, resold, or redistributed for profit. May be printed out for personal use or distributed electronically provided that entire file, including this notice, remains intact.

Spring Returns to the Land - a landscape crazy quilt block

Spring Returns to the Land 10x8" Cyndi Lavin, 2016 A two-part tutorial for this quilt can be found on Beading Arts ! Copyright 2016 Cyndi Lavin. All rights reserved. Not to be reprinted, resold, or redistributed for profit. May be printed out for personal use or distributed electronically provided that entire file, including this notice, remains intact.